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  • Out of Your Mind | Alan Watts
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    Out of Your Mind
    • By Alan Watts
    • Narrated By Alan Watts
    • Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release Date: 10-02-15
      • 4.9 (1330 ratings)
    Out of Your Mind

    Out of Your Mind

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    With Out of Your Mind: Essential Listening from the Alan Watts Audio Archives, you are invited to immerse yourself in 12 of this legendary thinker's pinnacle teaching sessions about how to break through the limits of the rational mind and begin expanding your awareness and appreciation for the Great Game unfolding all around us.

    Brian says: "not dissapointed"
  • The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety | Alan Watts
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    The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
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    The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety

    The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety

    • UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 57 mins)
    • By Alan Watts
    • Narrated By Sean Runnette
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    Alan W. Watts' "message for an age of anxiety" is as powerful today as it was when this modern classic was first published. We spend too much time trying to anticipate and plan for the future, too much time lamenting the past. We often miss the pleasures of the moment in our anxious efforts to ensure the next moment is as enjoyable. Drawing from Eastern philosophy and religion, Watts argues that it is only by acknowledging what we do not and cannot know that we can find something truly worth knowing.

    IW, Albuquerque says: "more pointed and considerate than his lectures"
  • You're It!: On Hiding, Seeking, and Being Found | Alan Watts
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    You're It!: On Hiding, Seeking, and Being Found
    • By Alan Watts
    • Narrated By Alan Watts
    • Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release Date: 01-15-10
      • 4.7 (1825 ratings)
    You're It!: On Hiding, Seeking, and Being Found

    You're It!: On Hiding, Seeking, and Being Found

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    Life is the ultimate game of hide and seek... and the good news is that you're it! With the combination of playful irreverence and penetrating insight that made him a legend in Western philosophy, Alan Watts investigates the surprisingly liberating concept of "the universe as play" found at the heart of Hinduism, Zen, and other wisdom traditions.

    Grant says: "My thinking was provoked."
  • Just So: An Odyssey into the Cosmic Web of Connection, Play, and True Pleasure | Alan Watts
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    Just So: An Odyssey into the Cosmic Web of Connection, Play, and True Pleasure
    • By Alan Watts
    • Narrated By Alan Watts
    • Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release Date: 01-01-17
      • 4.9 (249 ratings)
    Just So: An Odyssey into the Cosmic Web of Connection, Play, and True Pleasure

    Just So: An Odyssey into the Cosmic Web of Connection, Play, and True Pleasure

    • ORIGINAL (10 hrs and 31 mins)
    • By Alan Watts
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    "If you were God," asked Alan Watts, "what kind of universe would you create? A perfect one free of suffering and drama? Or one filled with surprise and delight?" With Just So, the celebrated philosopher and self-described "spiritual entertainer" invites us to explore the hidden dimensions that shape both the cosmos and our personal experience of it.

    Will Foley says: "Alan Watts is more relevant today than ever"
  • The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are | Alan Watts
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    The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
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    The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

    The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

    • UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 54 mins)
    • By Alan Watts
    • Narrated By Sean Runnette
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    Modern Western culture and technology is inextricably tied to the belief in the existence of a self as a separate ego, separated from and in conflict with the rest of the world. In this classic book, Watts provides a lucid and simple presentation of an alternative view based on Hindu and Vedantic philosophy.

    Dylan says: "Invaluable Insight"
  • The Way of Zen | Alan W. Watts
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    The Way of Zen
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    The Way of Zen

    The Way of Zen

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    • By Alan W. Watts
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    Discover how the understanding and practice of Zen can bring peace and enlightenment into your daily life in this classic work. Narrated by Sean Runnette, this audio program presents Alan Watts's classic bestseller, introducing Western listeners to Zen Buddhism and elaborating on the key concepts including: The history of Zen, the principles and practice of Zen, the tradition of Za-Zen (meditation) and the Koan, and the integration of Zen into every aspect of life. The Way of Zen presents an understandable, inspirational, and spiritually rewarding exploration of Zen Buddhism.

    K. Briggs says: "Good - But Not For The "Beginner""
  • The Power of Space and Reincarnation | Alan Watts
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    The Power of Space and Reincarnation
    • By Alan Watts
    • Narrated By Alan Watts
    • Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release Date: 12-17-14
      • 4.8 (84 ratings)
    The Power of Space and Reincarnation

    The Power of Space and Reincarnation

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    Space is considered to be nothingness by many. But after all it is the background in which we see everything. It is against space and within the dimension of time that we experience everything we experience. Space and time are the two basic dimensions of our world but are uncommonly illusive. We can say they are our way of thinking of the universe as being a system of patterns. And our awe at the vastness of space may be man's astonishment at himself.

    Patricia says: "A timeless message"
  • Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation | Alan Watts
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    Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation
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    • By Alan Watts
    • Narrated By Alan Watts
    • Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
    • Release Date: 07-14-15
      • 4.6 (103 ratings)
    Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation

    Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation

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    Mark Watts compiled this work from his father's extensive journals and audiotapes of famous lectures he delivered, in his later years, across the country. In three parts Alan Watts explains the basic philosophy of meditation, how individuals can practice a variety of meditations, and how inner wisdom grows naturally.

    Peter says: "Alan Watts Forever."
  • Four Ways to the Center | Alan Watts
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    Four Ways to the Center
    • By Alan Watts
    • Narrated By Alan Watts
    • Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release Date: 12-17-14
      • 4.8 (104 ratings)
    Four Ways to the Center

    Four Ways to the Center

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    Alan Watts discusses the fundamental attitudes that run through all religions or "ways of liberation," as the Far Eastern disciplines might better be described. By following these practices to the extremes of repentance, rebellion, and resignation, one may be freed from the endless cycles of reincarnation which perpetuate the human condition.

    R. Calkins says: "Alan Watts is just the best at explaining reality."
  • Reality, Art and Illusion | Alan Watts
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    Reality, Art and Illusion
    • By Alan Watts
    • Narrated By Alan Watts
    • Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release Date: 12-17-14
      • 4.8 (112 ratings)
    Reality, Art and Illusion

    Reality, Art and Illusion

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    Alan Watts discusses the Indian philosophy of the world as maya - under its multiple meanings as illusion, art, magic, creative power, measure, etc. Various techniques in the arts are used to illustrate the delicate and vibrational character of the material world, and to suggest a new approach to the old philosophy that the universe is "mind" only.

    Jonathan says: "Amazing"
  • Alan Watts Teaches Meditation | Alan Watts
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    Alan Watts Teaches Meditation
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    • By Alan Watts
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    • Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
    • Release Date: 09-15-00
      • 4.3 (219 ratings)
    Alan Watts Teaches Meditation

    Alan Watts Teaches Meditation

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    Alan Watts has become known as the West's foremost interpreter of Eastern thought, and one of the most original philosophers of this century. Fortunately for us, he is also witty, articulate, insightful, very entertaining, and a pleasure to listen to. More from Watts.

    Karen says: "It's good, but..."
  • The Holographic Web: Uncovering Our Hidden Connections to the Universe | Alan Watts
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    The Holographic Web: Uncovering Our Hidden Connections to the Universe
    The Holographic Web: Uncovering Our Hidden Connections to the Universe

    The Holographic Web: Uncovering Our Hidden Connections to the Universe

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    • By Alan Watts
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    Have you ever seen an inch or touched an hour? In The Holographic Web, Alan Watts reveals how our idea of the "self" is no more than these abstract concepts - and how to untrain ourselves from thier limitations. Join this self-proclaimed "spiritual entertainer" for an intriguing investigation of the nature of consciousness.

    scott says: "Alan Watts is a treat!"
  • Thusness | Alan Watts
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    Thusness
    • By Alan Watts
    • Narrated By Alan Watts
    • Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release Date: 12-17-14
      • 4.7 (76 ratings)
    Thusness

    Thusness

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    Alan Watts discusses the word tathata, which is translated from the Sanskrit as "suchness" or "thusness." The term is used in Mahayana Buddhism to suggest how things look to a Buddha, to one who has experienced enlightenment or liberation and is, therefore, called a Tathagata - one who comes (and goes) thus. Watts shares the sense of this nonsense in Buddhist philosophy, and its practical demonstration in Zen.

    flavia helena luz gomes says: "An amazing, mind opening listen. "
  • The Way of Zen | Alan W. Watts
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    The Way of Zen
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    The Way of Zen

    The Way of Zen

    • ABRIDGED (3 hrs)
    • By Alan W. Watts
    • Narrated By Ralph Blum
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    Discover how the understanding and practice of Zen can bring peace and enlightenment into your daily life in this classic work. Narrated by Ralph Blum, this audio program presents readings of carefully chosen selections from Alan Watts's classic best seller, illuminated by rare recordings of the author personally commenting and elaborating on the key concepts and ideas of his seminal work.

    Mogus Rougus says: "A true "classic""
  • Man, Nature, and the Nature of Man | Alan W. Watts
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    Man, Nature, and the Nature of Man
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    Man, Nature, and the Nature of Man

    Man, Nature, and the Nature of Man

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    • By Alan W. Watts
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    Drawn from hundreds of hours of rare archival recordings from the personal collection of his son, Mark Watts, this program presents the essential message of Alan Watts. Here is Alan Watts, recorded live in seminars conducted in America and Japan, personally explaining how the Eastern view of man and his place in the world can be made meaningful to the contemporary Westerner.

    Dennis says: "Eastern thought with a Western accent."
  • Playing Hide and Seek: The Individual as the Aperture of the Cosmos | Alan Watts
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    Playing Hide and Seek: The Individual as the Aperture of the Cosmos
    Playing Hide and Seek: The Individual as the Aperture of the Cosmos

    Playing Hide and Seek: The Individual as the Aperture of the Cosmos

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    • By Alan Watts
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    It is often difficult - if not impossibe - to assimilate certain new ideas, especially if they come from an entirely different culture and time. In Playing Hide and Seek, the incomparable Alan Watts invties us to consider the mind-blowing truth of the total interdependence of everything in the world.

    Jaime M says: "Short"
  • Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation | Alan Watts
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    Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation
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    • By Alan Watts
    • Narrated By Alan Watts
    • Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
    • Release Date: 04-04-00
      • 4.3 (26 ratings)
    Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation

    Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation

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    • By Alan Watts
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    Alan Watts became famous first as a brilliant intellectual and then as a serious student of Buddhism and meditation. In the 1970s, the last years of his life, he retreated to a small, isolated cabin deep in the woods. He meditated every morning and then wrote. Still the Mind consists of several talks he gave in his later years, recorded and edited by his son, Mark Watts, and then published as a book. His speaking shows a maturity and wisdom that can only come after years of meditation.

    Timothee H. Howland says: "Very little content, so not worth price."
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